B.C. Unemployment rate still the best in Canada

Feb 9, 2018 | 5:42 AM

VANCOUVER — Despite a small rise, B.C.’s unemployment rate is still the best in Canada.

It’s the only rate under 5%, having risen to 4.8% in January, from 4.6% in December.

Overall,   January saw the steepest one-month decline in the Canadian labour market in nine years, with the number of jobs falling by 88-thousand.

The overall result was dragged down by a loss of 137-thousand part-time positions in what was the category’s largest one-month collapse on record.